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Man Arrested After Allegedly Making Plans for Mass Shooting at New Orleans Jazz Fest
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Man Arrested After Allegedly Making Plans for Mass Shooting at New Orleans Jazz Fest

Rolling Stone·Daniel Kreps·about 1 month ago
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Former North Carolina police officer charged with making "terroristic threats," arrested in Florida en route to music fest this weekend A North Carolina man was arrested in Florida for allegedly planning a mass shooting at an upcoming New Orleans music festival, presumed to be city’s annual Jazz Fest. Christopher Gillum of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a former police officer, was arrested without incident by the sheriff’s department in Destin, Florida, where Gillum was staying at a hotel allegedly en route to the music festival. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office wrote on social media , “The OCSO was contacted by federal authorities in reference to a male from North Carolina being in our jurisdiction while reportedly heading to do a mass shooting at a large festival in Louisiana. Our Bravo East Deputies located the male at a Destin hotel and he was taken into custody tonight without incident as a fugitive from justice. He will be extradited to Louisiana for his charges from state police there.…

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